Former Senior Reporter, Down To Earth
New Bill, old problems
The government is considering setting up a new authority to regulate civil nuclear facilities, saying it will be autonomous and more powerful …
Centre proposes National Health Right Act
Draft national health policy which proposes making health a fundamental right also envisages increased role of community in planning and …
Real threats of virtual world
Spending too much time on the Internet is causing mental health disorders. Is India prepared to tackle the addiction?
Modi Cabinet approves 100% FDI in medical devices sector via automatic route
Existing conditions and prior approval required in case of merger and acquisition done away with
Science and the Indian politician
If India conducted its first nuclear test many centuries ago, why did we wait till 1974 AD to conduct our second test in Pokhran? Where did all …
India on high alert after massive oil spill threatens Sunderbans ecology
Despite warnings from environmentalists, Bangladesh allowed commercial shipping through the sensitive ecological zone of Sela river in 2011
Good scheme in bad health
A little known community monitoring scheme could prove handy for the new government, which is readying to revamp the country's healthcare system
Only BPL families to get free treatment under NDA’s proposed health scheme
Those above poverty line will have to pay 33 per cent of the cost while the remaining will be paid by government and insurance companies
India to set up 12 nuclear plants with Russian collaboration
India has agreed to identify a second site, in addition to Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, for construction of the Russian-designed plants
Over 36,000 screened for Ebola in India
Of the 700 passengers being tracked, most are in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal and Delhi
Odisha bans sterilisation camps after reports of use of bicycle pump in surgery
On November 8 in Chhattisgarh’s Takhatpur block of Bilaspur district
Access denied
Shortage of antiretroviral drugs and lack of diagnosis is not new in India, but government does not admit to the crisis
Shit, it's profitable
Bengaluru farmers have revived the practice of using human excreta as manure. This has created an informal economy that is benefiting many
Separate ministry for AYUSH to revive traditional medicine
Before this, AYUSH was a department under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India launches diagnostic kit that detects celiac disease in 20 minutes
Most of the diagnostic kits which are used presently are all imported from Europe and America and expensive
Drug-resistant TB now epidemic among HIV+ people in Mumbai
Transmission from one person to another, not inadequate treatment, is major cause for spread of disease, says study investigator
At least 85% space on cigarette packets will now carry pictorial warnings
Anyone not following the new norms issued by the Centre can be imprisoned for a term which may extend to two years
India gets it first mental health policy
Timed to coincide with the World Mental Health Day, the policy aims to provide universal access to mental healthcare, especially to those living …
Nobel Peace Prize to child rights champions from India and Pakistan
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay selected for their fight against injustice towards children
Clinical drug trials: health ministry affidavit shows little concern for victims, says petitioner
Government affidavit filed in Supreme Court does not have details of persons to whom compensation has been paid or list of people who died or …
International standards evolved to assess health of newborn and yet-to-be born babies
It will provide health practitioners worldwide with clinical tools to monitor growth from early pregnancy to school
Karnataka launches ‘health adalat’
Health department officials would interact with the public and elected representatives to understand and redress grievances relating to public …
Emergency call
Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …
GM flies promise a good night
Amid global protests, scientists find a new way to control malaria by modifying mosquito sperm to produce only male offspring
Central Government Health Schemes now open to all senior citizens in Delhi
Doctors will now have to prescribe only those medicines and procedures that have been listed under schemes